Wandering Towers, Strategy Board Game About Trapping Wizards, Movement, Magic & Spells, Fun Family Games for 6 Players, Ages 10+, 1-6 Players, 30 Mins

Having previously played Wandering Towers with a Board Game group, I couldn't wait to get a copy, so after finding it via Capstone Games at Amazon, I ordered it immediately. The game just arrived, and I am absolutely thrilled with it!Quick side note: Very happy that the game now comes with 30 wizard meeples, which includes 5 each for the 6 player colors, so you can choose whichever color you like, especially in 2 player games!The game play is very easy to learn. When playing cards, they say to move a wizard, a tower, or give a choice. (Sometimes movement will be a specific number, and sometimes using a die roll.)You can move a wizard to reach the goal Ravenskeep, dropping the wizard in the building when reached.Or you can move a tower - which can also move stacked towers on a tower, any wizards on it, or even Ravenskeep itself if it gets moved onto a tower.One of the challenging parts is that if a moved tower covers one or more of your wizards, you may find yourself asking, "Where did my Wizards Go?" And no peeking afterwards!You also have empty potion bottles, which must be filled to win and can also cast spells. To fill a potion bottle, you need to move a tower to cover a wizard, resulting in another case of "Where did my Wizards Go" later. It's fun to watch while also being challenging.For more variety, there are eight different magic spells. You can add two or more to the game, with the option of casting one spell after playing a card, if you have the required filled potion bottle or bottles.And whenever a wizard is added to Ravenskeep, the building moves clockwise to another space with a raven shield, which can place it on a tower, making it possible for you to move the goal building later.This is a great family and group game, easy enough for anyone to learn. Both children and adults can enjoy this one.The Solo mode is also fun, where you can choose to play with or without the potions. The Solo mode can be great for practice, where you have 12 wizards to get to Ravenskeep, yet it still takes some strategy to get a great score with fewest cards applied. I like choosing two of each color for the 12, so there are two sets of Rainbow Wizards, though you can choose whichever colors you like.The pieces are solid and well-made, the colors are bright, and the buildings are very cute! Once the buildings are assembled, they can be stored easily in the box, each with their own compartment. There's a compartment for everything in the box, with color pictures of where you can place the contents. Very pretty and well done!Assembly Note:I found that by placing each tower roof on the table, carefully folding the tower walls into a circle, and then lining up the tabs first - it was then easier to lift together and gently press the tabs for each roof into place afterwards. Hopefully this will help someone else as well.I would recommend this game to anyone. It's a fairly quick and fun game, where you might want to play again directly afterwards. With the option of Spell cards, you can add more variety and challenge.And do your best to always keep track of where your wizards are.Hope this helps! Happy gaming!

This game is amazing. We first played it at Games Convention a couple of weeks ago, and I thought it was the best. I admit I fell in love before we even started. Look at those photos! But the gameplay is great too.To win you have to get your 4 wizards into the black tower and fill all your potions. You can move one of your wizards or one of the towers. You fill a potion by covering a wizard with a tower (even yourself). The thing is, the towers all look alike and whiz around the board since anyone can move them so it is hard to remember where all your wizards are located.You move based on little cards that either let you move a tower a certain number of spaces, or a wizard a certain number of spaces. Some of them have a dice symbol where you roll the dice to see how many to move. You play two of three cards. The nice thing about the dice being rarely moved is that you can mostly plot out your actions before your turn. Whereas in games where you always roll the dice, there is that pause while people decide which move to make. We played with 5 people and did learn that you couldn't plan right after your turn because the game would look Totally different when it came around to you again. You can also use filled potions to do simple spells, which is the beginning is to move an extra space.We felt weirdly attached to our little wizards. Like we felt vulnerable when a piece was not on a tower, even though that made it less likely that someone else would move you. Somehow the pieces being little wizard shapes makes the game 10X cuter than if they were cubes.A friend of mine setup the game, and she said it took fooooorrrever. But the box is big enough and well-designed so you never have to undo the towers.Oh, I forgot to mention that the black tower moves whenever a wizard gets inside it. So your goal is changing too.

Fun game- requires some memory with things moving and your pieces getting hidden along the way.

Wandering Towers is a fun and engaging board game that keeps players on their toes. The gameplay is dynamic, with plenty of strategy involved as you move the towers and try to outsmart your opponents. It's easy to learn but offers enough depth to keep things interesting. Perfect for family game night!

Easy to learn and is a lot of fun

This game is so fun! My husband and I play by ourselves and we play with neighbors. A blast!

Everything arrived as expected but the wooden die was missing from the box.Other than that everything was present and easy to assemble- excited to start playing.

It's a little nerve wracking putting the towers together, I was nervous I was going to bend them too far and break it, but once they were all together the game looks so good.It's a fun game, I had a lot of turns where I could only move a wizard, so if all my wizards were covered it was a annoying, but it doesn't last too long when you group yourself with other wizards.